A statement published by Ripple in February 2019, announced its cooperation with the universities in the U.S., China, Singapore and Brazil with the aim to develop University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI).
According to the news published... read more

JP Morgan Chase, one of the most famous American banks, started working in the field of cryptocurrency after issuing JPM Coin. Jamie Dimon CEO of JP Morgan Chase has named Bitcoin a “fraud” in September 2017; however, he changed his mind after a... read more

Over this week, more than 150 people were able to buy pizza using the Lightning Network with Bitcoin.
On Wednesday, the cryptocurrency payments startup Fold launched its web-based payment gateway Dominos. This gateway allows Bitcoin’s Lightning... read more

Bitcoin, which works on the infrastructure of Blockchain, was the first cryptocurrency to enter the market; but it wasn’t the first attempt at creating a digital monetary system.
Before Bitcoin, there have been attempts to create a digital... read more

The Hackerone website is one of the largest and most well-known websites among developers and hackers, and it provides reward-giving programs which works toward discovering vulnerabilities and fixing them. According to the announcement by Hackerone... read more

According to the news published by the local news outlet Sabah, on February 12, 2019, the Turkish police arrested 24 hackers who, in the past, stole 13 million Turkish lira (equal to $2.47 million) from a Turkish cryptocurrency... read more

Malaysia; Cryptocurrencies as Securities
Malaysia is among the countries that has recently published its regulations about encryption industry and cryptocurrencies. As of January 15, cryptocurrencies are considered as a type of security in the... read more

Japan; Cryptocurrencies as a Legal Payment Method
Japan has one of the largest cryptocurrency markets in the world. According to gathered data by Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA, a financial, legislative body in Japan), this country has... read more

Germany; Cryptocurrencies as Private Money
Although cryptocurrencies are not legal in Germany since 2013, they have been proposed as private money by the Ministry of Finance. As a result of this approach, any profit gained through trading or... read more

On January 23, Financial Services Authority (FCA) published a 50-page article titled “Instructions for Cryptocurrency Assets,” for the legislators of the country.
Instructions for Cryptocurrency Assets Show How England Interacts with... read more